public static void main(String[] args) { Display display = new Display(); Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, false)); final Text text = new Text(shell, SWT.SEARCH | SWT.ICON_CANCEL); Image image = null; if ((text.getStyle() & SWT.ICON_CANCEL) == 0) { image = display.getSystemImage(SWT.ICON_ERROR); ToolBar toolBar = new ToolBar(shell, SWT.FLAT); ToolItem item = new ToolItem(toolBar, SWT.PUSH); item.setImage(image); item.addSelectionListener( new SelectionAdapter() { @Override public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) { text.setText(""); System.out.println("Search cancelled"); } }); } text.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.FILL_HORIZONTAL)); text.setText("Search text"); text.addSelectionListener( new SelectionAdapter() { @Override public void widgetDefaultSelected(SelectionEvent e) { if (e.detail == SWT.CANCEL) { System.out.println("Search cancelled"); } else { System.out.println("Searching for: " + text.getText() + "..."); } } }); shell.pack(); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } if (image != null) image.dispose(); display.dispose(); }